CareMalta employee places FIRST in Alzheimer’s Europe Conference
During the Alzehimer’s Europe Conference Thea Debono, a CareMalta employee was awarded the first prize for a poster presentation called ‘The effects of animal assisted activity on the behaviour of older persons living with dementia within a Maltese long term care facility’.
Thea who read for a Master of Gerontology and Geriatrics, under the supervision of Dr Maria Aurora Fenech was accompanied by Noel Borg, a CareMalta Senior Nursing Manager who also delivered an oral presentation named ‘Moral reasoning in dementia care: The ethical challenges of long term care.’
Representatives from the Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics as well as the Active Ageing and Community Care accompanied the team.
Nicola Saccasan who was also present as part of the Maltese delegation delivered a poster presentation named ‘Dementia knowledge, attitudes and training needs of student speech-language pathologists and qualified speech-language pathologists: A questionnaire survey.’ Nicola read for a Master of Arts in Ageing and Dementia Studies, under the supervision of Prof. Charles Scerri.
The Alzheimer’s Europe Conference was held in the Hague, Netherlands and brought together people with dementia, their families, volunteers and staff from Alzheimer associations together with policy makers, health and social care professionals, researchers and industry representatives from all over Europe and beyond. The conference is a great opportunity for dementia experts to meet, learn from one another and share knowledge and experiences.
During their stay at The Hague, the group also visited The Hogeweyk, Dementia Village concept. The Maltese delegation had the opportunity to view closely and successively participate in a discussion on the principles underlying the Dementia Village concept.